Seagoing Chemical Haulers
May Have Colluded on Rates

Documents Indicate Stolt, Odfjell
Discussed Both Routes and Fees

GREENWICH, Conn. -- Two of the world's biggest shipping companies appear to have colluded for years to divide up much of the market for transporting liquid chemicals across the sea.

The two companies -- Stolt-Nielsen SA and Odfjell ASA -- discussed which shipping business each would bid for, route by route, even at times exchanging information on bid prices, Stolt documents and interviews with former company officials suggest. Stolt...